Rancho Santa Fe party leads to stabbing, arrests

RANCHO SANTA FE — A party attended by more than 200 people at a Rancho Santa Fe home Friday night turned ugly with one person being stabbed, another being shot by deputies with a Taser, and a half dozen arrests being made.

Sheriff’s deputies were called about 12:05 a.m. Saturday to investigate a stabbing at a large home on Los Morros near La Bajada.

Sgt. Joe Passalacqua said the deputies found evidence of a crime in the street and driveway, but the victim and suspect had left. About 200 people were on the property, and as deputies tried to investigate a fight broke out among some in the crowd.

A deputy shot one of those brawling with a Taser. While getting statements from witnesses, four others were arrested for disorderly conduct or resisting arrest, Passalacqua said.

Deputies also found several intoxicated people on the property who were under the age of 21. The homeowner was arrested, cited and released on suspicion of violating the county’s social host ordinance, which allows party hosts to be cited if alcohol is served to underage drinkers.

Deputies also went to a hospital and found a man with stab wounds to his arm. The victim became aggressive and was pepper sprayed and arrested after being treated and released.

The suspect in the stabbing has not been found, Passalacqua said.

One neighbor who didn’t want to give her name said that in past years there have often been large parties at the house with 30 or 40 cars parked in the street. However, she said, she heard nothing Friday night. Given the size of the lots, she said, it would be doubtful anyone in the neighborhood would have heard anything.